Music, photography, writing, reading. In constantly changing order. Listening to podcasts of NPR's Jazz Profiles, among others. Genealogy.
Music
Jazz, Brazilian, The Great American Songbook, Americana, Blues, Traditional, Folk.
Movies
Casablanca (and almost anything with Bogart). Cabaret. New York, New York. Laura. Ken Burns Jazz. Truly, Madly, Deeply. Brazil. The Wizard of Oz. Many more that I can never think of when I'm pressed to think of them.
Television
Mad Men.
Books
Biography, Mystery, Poetry, Literature, Non-Fiction. But why stop there? Magazines, periodicals, the backs of Pop Tart boxes, and little scraps of paper that float through my awareness on a daily basis. Many of which I scoop up and fill my pockets with.
Heroes
Marian McPartland, Dorthea Lange, any fellow travelers on the road to making art, music, or the written word.
About me: Janet Sommer is a Music and Documentary Photographer whose work has appeared on numerous CD's, as well as in newspapers, magazines and books. She has interviewed and written about musicians, and has written book and C.D. reviews.
I have some wonderful news. I’ve just had a baby: LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE, my first book of collected photographs, is published this week in Europe, followed by a release in the States a month later.
After fifteen years of constant traveling, searching and straying, I’ve found myself backstage with rock stars, lost in the middle of the desert and everywhere in between; everywhere but where the road ends. So, LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE is about taking a moment to look back on this wonderful, weird and winding path I’ve been on.
I hope that you'll purchase a copy and enjoy it; an artist is nothing without a response, so I look forward to hearing from you. You can order the book on Amazon or on Artbook. com. And of course, if at all possible, please buy it at a nearby shop. Support your local bookstore!
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SEX AND CONSPIRACY! Swedish punkrocker and painter Karl Backman talks about his art, and the reactions to it from right wing christians, pee fetish girls and conspiracy theorists.
MYTHOLOGIES AND LIFE! French graphic designer and writer Laurent Rivelaygue discuss nightmares and a road movie in bumper cars.
GRACE AND ELEGANCE! American artist Betsy Jones talks about geometric landscapes, happiness and the arts of the geisha.
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